The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 108 Explanation of Strategy

When Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's words, he thought for a while and said:

"The general has this idea, and I will not comment, but the general needs to understand that the reason why some places can become the foundation of the emperor needs to solve three problems. One is thousands of miles of cultivated land, the second is population, and the third is mountains and rivers risk.

The Bohai Bay you mentioned, not only solves these three problems, but even if it only solves two, I am willing to agree with you and implement this plan!
But in reality, this is an ocean, not land! "

"Okay, then we will solve them one by one!" Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui and said seriously.

At this moment, Zhang Song and Cao Yi looked at each other, and they could feel the gap in vision and strategy between themselves and these two people.

Regardless of whether Liu Tai is whimsical or not, it is undeniable that at least the fact that Liu Tai proposed this strategy itself illustrates Liu Tai's thinking.

Liu Tai said: "Where should I start? Let's continue from the current situation.

The Huns and Han conquered Luoyang. What do you think their next strategy will be?
Should we directly go south to wipe out Sima Rui, or should we first deal with Liu Kun, Wang Jun, Duan Pixi and others who are entrenched in the north. "

"We must start from the north and then the south, gather the power of the entire north, and compete with Sima Rui in the south!"

Chu Hui said, "At least until Liu Kun is eliminated, the Huns and Han will never go south to fight Sima Rui.

Just like this, Shi Le was let go by the Huns and recruited to the north, just to deal with Liu Kun and Wang Jun! "

"I think so too!" Liu Tai nodded and said, "The Jin court has been destroyed. The remnants of the Western Jin Dynasty in the north will only become weaker and weaker as they fight. It is only a matter of time before they are destroyed. In the end, the Huns and Han will definitely win.

In the end, I will be left, representing the Han people, Shi Le, representing the other miscellaneous people, and Your Majesty, representing the Xiongnu headquarters.

At the same time, after losing the enemy, I think the contradiction between Hu and Han can no longer be suppressed.

When the time comes, it will be a good thing if the conflict between Zahu and the Xiongnu breaks out first.

If not, we fight Shi Le first, and Youzhou and Jizhou will become battlefields. There is no danger to defend this land! "

When Chu Hui and others heard Liu Tai's words, they couldn't help but close their eyes. They could imagine the scene.

Liu Tai continued, "I am not afraid of fighting with the opponent, but I cannot ignore the advantage of the Hu people, and it is an unrivaled advantage, that is, the cavalry, the cavalry galloping on the plains!

If we want to fight against them, we must capture Youzhou and even Liaodong, and have our own horse farm.

Without cavalry, we can only defend the city and never have a chance to counterattack!

Therefore, we must obtain Jizhou, Youzhou, and Pingzhou, otherwise we will definitely lose in the future. "

"So, if we don't want to be choked by the future, we must take these three states into consideration now!" Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's words and nodded, "These three states must be taken!"

Chu Hui also understood after hearing Liu Tai's words that, at least from a macro perspective, Liu Tai's Bohai Bay plan was a choice without a choice.

In other words, the situation was formed when the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom recalled Shi Le to deal with Liu Kun.

Even if Shi Le dies, it will only be represented by another Zahu, or the Huns themselves annexed Zahu, but for Liu Tai, whether it is dealing with Zahu or the Xiongnu, cavalry is Liu Tai's biggest flaw .

In order to make up for this shortcoming, Youzhou and Pingzhou must be captured. To capture these two places, it is natural to build a strategy around the entire Bohai Sea!
Cao Yi and Zhang Song couldn't help but look at each other, and then looked at the two guys who were discussing in front of them. They really didn't expect that their eyes had already reached here. In contrast, they were the two of them. It's out of place here.

"As you said, the first thing is farming!" Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui and said:

“In the future, Jizhou and Youzhou are likely to become a comprehensive battlefield, especially where the other side has the advantage of horses.

Even if the farmland there is better, we cannot focus our development there.

Because once a war breaks out in our economic zone and the center of production is hit hard, we will lose! "

"Then where is the governor planning to place the agricultural development area?!" Cao Yi couldn't help but ask.

"Qingzhou!" Liu Tai looked at the crowd and said seriously, "Qingzhou is two thousand miles of fertile land, with the sea on its left and mountains and rivers on its right. The terrain is rugged and steep enough to be the capital of an emperor.

It's just that Linzi is located on flat ground, with no danger to defend and can be easily captured, so I plan to find another place to rebuild the city and form a diagonal relationship with Linzi to protect our grain-producing area!
This grain-producing area does not need to support us in conquering the world, but it must at least be enough to support us in completely seizing the north of the Yellow River.

Of course, as you said, solve the problem of dangerous mountains and rivers! "

Chu Hui couldn't help but nodded and said, "If so, this will probably be a big project!"

"It's good to be good at engineering!" Liu Tai smiled at Chu Hui, and then continued with a serious face,

"In this way, we have a basic plan. Youzhou and Pingzhou in the north will become our horse-producing areas, Jizhou will become our frontline against Shile, and Qingzhou will become a grain-producing area.

In order to improve the overall operating efficiency, we need a very developed navigation industry to make the Bohai Sea our bathtub.

Only in this way can these four states be truly in our hands. "

"Does the navigation industry need to develop into a navigation industry spanning the entire Bohai Sea?!" Chu Hui looked serious after hearing Liu Tai's words.

“During the Three Kingdoms period, there were diplomatic exchanges between Sun Quan and Gongsun Du, which shows that the navigation industry at that time could at least achieve offshore navigation.

We are not challenging an impossible technology now, but just restoring the original shipping technology.

At least Qingzhou still has some foundation. As long as it is given time, I believe it can recover! "

Liu Tai said, "Besides, we only have Qingzhou now, and we are still far away from the shipping system that needs to support the four states.

Compared with the development of the navigation industry, another thing is even more important! "

"Please make it clear, Duke!" Chu Hui couldn't help but wonder after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"Du Tian and liberate the slaves in the family's hands!" Liu Tai said with a hint of pity.

"The prince wants to conquer the fields and free his slaves?" Chu Hui said in disbelief when he heard Liu Tai's words, "At this time!"

"It's just that the world is in chaos, so it's convenient for us to act, isn't it?" Liu Tai said calmly, "We defeated Gou Xi and the beggar army, but not all the aristocratic families and wealthy families in Qingzhou died.

The population and land are still hidden in their hands, and I have not taken these from their hands.

But now all fields are subject to tax, and fields exceeding a thousand acres are subject to progressive tax.

As for their slaves, they should have been the people who paid taxes for me. They stole the taxes that originally belonged to me! "..." When Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's words, he suddenly felt that Liu Tai was driving them to death.

"General, you are not following the rules. The nobles have not paid taxes since ancient times. I am afraid that the local aristocratic families in Qingzhou will rebel!"

"I know!" Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui and said calmly, "But I am a general of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom, so I am a barbarian.

If they are willing to pay taxes on the land and free their slaves, then I won’t say anything more.

But if they insist on holding on to the population and the land, then you can’t blame me for being rude.

After all, I need a Qingzhou without worries, not a group of Qingzhou nobles who may fall to any aristocratic family! "

"My lord, don't you believe in the aristocratic family?" Chu Hui couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"The Han Dynasty once believed in aristocratic families so much, but first Cao Wei usurped the Han Dynasty, and then the Sima clan disrupted China!" Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui and said, "At least history shows that these aristocratic families cannot be trusted!"

Chu Hui felt a little helpless when he heard Liu Tai's words. Unexpectedly, Liu Tai would make such a decision.

Zhang Song and Cao Yi looked ugly at this time. It was obvious that Liu Tai would cause a storm in Qingzhou next.

Liu Tai shook his head and said, "Things must be done one by one. As Tong Mouyuan said, we also need to solve these three problems one by one, including farming, population and the danger of mountains and rivers.

The first thing to solve is the danger of mountains and rivers!

Among the three of you, which one of you is interested in rebuilding a pond near Linzi to become a barrier to protect our Qingzhou production area? "

"Leave it to me!" Cao Yi said, "At least I know the mountains and rivers of Qingzhou best!"

"Since Uncle Cao is interested, it would be best. By the way, I recommend a person to you. His name is Guo Pu. He is good at Feng Shui and Guanyu. I believe he will be your best helper!" Liu Tai said to Cao Yi.

"Oh?" Cao Yi couldn't help but reply after hearing Liu Tai's words, "Then I have to take the exam carefully!"

Liu Tai continued, "Secondly, we need to send people to inform the remaining aristocratic families in Qingzhou one by one that we are going to conquer the fields and liberate their slaves and establish people. How about leaving this matter to you?"

"I have the order!" Zhang Song knew it was not an easy task, but since Liu Tai gave the order, he would naturally do it.

As Cao Yi and Zhang Song left, Chu Huilai was the only one left by Liu Tai's side.

Chu Hui couldn't help but sigh and said, "The Duke has any orders."

"Help me prepare food reserves!" Liu Tai said, "The local aristocratic families will never compromise so easily. Let's bury them all through this war."

"My lord, the aristocratic families in Qingzhou will never compete with you for the leadership of Qingzhou, why do you need to do this!" Chu Hui looked at Liu Tai, but said a little indignantly.

"It's just for the population!" Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui calmly and said, "The population that is not registered in the register and does not give me taxes is not my population.

Despite many disasters, the Qingzhou family still controls more than one-fifth of the entire Qingzhou population.

This is after I conquered 30 beggar troops. "

"But if the Qingzhou aristocratic families and wealthy families are all eradicated, then who will collect taxes and convey orders in the future!" Chu Hui said to Liu Tai, "You can't have your own way!"

"I've already thought about this!" Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui and said,
"Part of the military history and the village chiefs' association were dismantled and became the grassroots management of the Qingzhou region.

They may not be as slick as the wealthy families in doing things, but at least my orders can be carried out thoroughly through them. "

Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui's expression and said solemnly, "Mouyuan, since I plan to treat this area as my basic base, I will first resolve all the unstable factors in Qingzhou.

This is called cleaning the house before treating guests. If we don’t get rid of the cockroaches and mice in the house, how can we leave with peace of mind! "

When Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's words, he understood that Liu Tai had made up his mind and said a little tiredly, "Then I will handle the logistics!"

"Thank you, Mouyuan!" Liu Tai couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chu Hui agreeing.

At this time, Chu Hui suddenly said to Liu Tai, "General Liu, will our Chu family also have to pay taxes in the future?"

"You need to pay taxes, but if you have more than a thousand acres of fertile land, you need to pay additional progressive taxes. In short, the more fields you have, the more taxes you need to pay!" Liu Taiping said, "No one can Exception, me too.”

Chu Hui heard the appraisal in Liu Tai's tone and understood that this matter could not be changed.

Chu Hui also understood what Liu Tai meant. Liu Tai wanted to curb land annexation at the source.

However, Chu Hui understood better that if this were the case, it would be very difficult for Liu Tai to succeed in the future.

Especially why Liu Tai seemed to regard Shi Le as a serious enemy of his.

Because when that time comes, only Shi Le is the most likely to defeat Liu Tai. Otherwise, if Shi Le is defeated by Liu Tai, and Liu Tai controls the six states in the world, then no one can resist him if he wants to conquer the fields and liberate his slaves. Liu Tai is over.

"Forget it, don't think about it so much. Since Liu Tai knows what he is facing, I won't worry about it anymore!"

Chu Hui took a deep breath and began to focus on raising food and grass.

At least this time, with the arrival of May, there was a bumper grain harvest. Chu Hui originally thought that Liu Tai would use this amount of grain to attack Jizhou.

But Chu Hui did not expect that this batch of grain would be used by Liu Tai to completely rectify Qingzhou and take the entire Qingzhou into his own hands.

“It seems like it’s slowing things down, but it’s not certain who will really benefit when the time comes.”

Soon, as May came, news spread that Liu Tai was going to conduct a comprehensive land conquest of Qingzhou.

Before the local aristocratic families had time to get angry, news soon came out that the government would redeem their fields and slaves.

Liu Tai did not use forced conquest after all. Even in troubled times, such a method would be too offensive.

But when faced with Liu Taihui's purchase of slaves and more than a thousand acres of family land at the market price, there is still a large part of the market price that is not consistent. After all, this is their lifeblood.

And this momentum became more and more intense, and soon Xu Fu, Liu Xuan, Ju Peng, Su Jun and others began to cause chaos in Qingzhou.

　Liberated and finished, I can safely degenerate into a beast.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)